Industrial Engineer
Abantu Staffing Solutions
- R Undisclosed
- Permanent Intermediate position
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Durban
- Posted 25 Apr 2024 by Abantu Staffing Solutions
- Expires in 21 days
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Job 2564706
About the position
Position description / overview:
To manage, monitor and implement Continuous Improvement initiatives to plant, equipment and processes in order to optimise utilisation of organisational resources
Responsibilities:
Process Controls:
- Plan, schedule and monitor production (Sales requirements, stock levels, maintenance requirements, changeovers, etc.).
- Schedule and arrange change-overs according to the Production Plan (change-over sequence, tool changes, cutting knives, water jet nests, etc.).
- Capacity planning and calculation to determine overtime / planned stop requirements.
Production Management:
- Optimise the production process.
- Maintain manufacturing and production efficiencies.
- Ensure the optimal and efficient use of resources.
- Balance the production lines (manning levels).
- Monitor the achievement of daily production targets.
- Analyse daily variances and identify opportunities for improvements.
- Investigate and resolve manufacturing related problems and sub-standard performance.
Project Management:
- Schedule project activities to facilitate effective project execution.
Raw Material Management:
- ·Monitor the level of production material to ensure sufficient material to support production.
Lean:
- Train Lean Modules.
- Implement Lean in all factories:
- 5S
- Std. Work.
- Quick Changeover.
- Kanban.
- Constraints Management.
- TPM.
- Visual management.
- VSM (Value stream mapping).
- Roll throughput yield (First time right) / Rework reduction.
OEE:
- Drive specific action items to improve OEE / OPR.
- Develop and implement headcount management tools to accurately predict the no. of heads that labour needs to be flexed by, or the expected overtime requirement due to excessive orders.
- Develop and implement Capacity planning tools.
- Drive Live OEE reporting systems.
CI / Innovation:
- Leading and facilitating continuous improvement efforts by directing relevant staff.
- Training and improving continuous improvement staff to meet required KPI’s.
- Research new equipment technology & promote innovation
- Coordinate Kaizen improvement initiatives at plant level.
- Champion problem solving activities b.m.o. 6 Sigma.
- Define and implement MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems).
Continuous improvement:
- Monitors continuous improvements and makes suggestions to maximise production output.
Best Business Practice (BBP):
- Assist Operation Manager to define BBP (Best Business Practice) criteria.
- Systemize the collection and reporting of BBP data.
- Use BBP info to leverage the implementation of a specific plants best practice in the other plants. E.g., Implementation of PE’s ability to use cheaper chemicals in the Rosslyn plant.
Quality:
- Create Control Plan templates to increase comprehensiveness of Control Plan and reduce new project control plan compilation time.
- Actively participate in the reduction of COPQ (Cost of Poor Quality).
- Analyse audit reports/result in terms of repeated deficiencies, reviewing with process owners.
Desired Skills:
- AutoCAD
- Industrial Engineering
- Lean Manufacturing
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